Robbers snatch money bags at Vaishali Nagar and C-Scheme

JAIPUR: In two broad daylight robberies on Friday, the culprits snatched away bags containing cash from people who had withdrawn money from two separate banks at Vaishali Nagar and C-Scheme. The Vaishali Nagar victim lost Rs 80,000 while two hotel employees were robbed of Rs 3.50 lakh in C-Scheme.

Police said that both the robberies were committed by two different gangs. However, the robberies have exposed the poor police patrolling. Despite being on alert after the Vaishali Nagar robbery, the police failed to arrest the robbers involved in the C-Scheme loot.

According to the police, 65-year-old Vishnudutta Rathi, a resident of Heera Nagar had withdrawn Rs 80,000 from PNB's Vaishali Nagar branch around 11.30am.

"When he was walking to his car after coming out of the bank, two men on a motorcycle snatched the bag containing the cash. We have been informed about the appearance of the man driving the bike. The pillion rider was wearing a helmet," said SHO, Vaishali Nagar Mahmood Khan.

One Sandeep Kumar, who was passing by when the robbery took place, tried to chase the robbers, but they fled.

In another case, two employees of Ratan Haveli situated in Bhrampuri area were robbed of Rs 3.5 lakh.

"Ramesh and Chandrakant had withdrawn Rs 3.5 lakh from the HDFC bank situated at Ahimsa Circle and had come to Hotel Park Prime on their bike when two bikers snatched away the money bag," said the officer. Both the bikers were wearing helmets.